. >> and meryl streep is getting the opportunity now from julia child, she is now getting ready to portray margaret thatcher from a film. >> yes, i read that i read that. what a responsibility. but i'm not surprised because she is a very daring actress and woman. >> rose: she's on your list of. >> on my-- actresses, certainly. >> rose: who else is on your list. >> marilyn monroe. >> rose: why. >> she is very up and she's very genuine, she's very candid, she's very witty, she's very sexy. and she seems to be kind and she looks to be soft and she has character. i mean for me she is really the-- she's really the example of the perfect actress. i'm not talking about the person. i never met her. i know she was not a happy-- a very happy person. but for me, she is really the actress, you know, the essence of actress. >> rose: marilyn monroe somehow had something that made her an icon unlike most film actresses. it had to do with, i suspect, she died young, 36. >> yes. >> rose: i suspect it also -- >> yeah, it's true. the fact she died young. but she had the light that belongs only to her. a ligh